Narrative scenes from John Ford's 1940 film starring Henry Fonda, John Carradine and Jane Darwell.
“Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat,
I’ll be there. Wherever they’s a cop beatin’ up a guy,
I’ll be there. If Casy knowed, why, I’ll be in the way guys yell when
they’re mad an’—I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry
n’ they know supper’s ready. An’ when our folks eat the stuff they
raise an’ live in the houses they build—why, I’ll be there. See?
God, I’m talkin’ like Casy. Comes of thinkin’ about him so much.
Seems like I can see him sometimes.”
(Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 28, pg 419)
Connection:
The last painting titled Celia Thaxter's Garden by Childe Hassam, connects with the book Grapes of Wrath. In the book, the Joad family decides to move to California in hopes of a better life. The Joads pick up and leave taking along very few of their possessions for the journey. They decide to leave because they see persuasive advertisements about fruit picking jobs in California. They believe that the only way to achieve success is for them to go to California. The painting by Childe Hassam represents that “better” life that the Joad’s dream about. The painting is beautiful and is filled with flowers and sunlight, both of which represent peacefulness and happiness.
**THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND**
//words and music by Woody Guthrie//
Chorus:
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me
As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
The sun comes shining as I was strolling
The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The fog was lifting a voice come chanting
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin'
But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!
Chorus
In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.
Grapes of Wrath
Woody Guthrie singing
Narrative scenes from John Ford's 1940 film starring Henry Fonda, John Carradine and Jane Darwell.
“Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat,
I’ll be there. Wherever they’s a cop beatin’ up a guy,
I’ll be there. If Casy knowed, why, I’ll be in the way guys yell when
they’re mad an’—I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry
n’ they know supper’s ready. An’ when our folks eat the stuff they
raise an’ live in the houses they build—why, I’ll be there. See?
God, I’m talkin’ like Casy. Comes of thinkin’ about him so much.
Seems like I can see him sometimes.”
(Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 28, pg 419)
Connection:
The last painting titled Celia Thaxter's Garden by Childe Hassam, connects with the book Grapes of Wrath. In the book, the Joad family decides to move to California in hopes of a better life. The Joads pick up and leave taking along very few of their possessions for the journey. They decide to leave because they see persuasive advertisements about fruit picking jobs in California. They believe that the only way to achieve success is for them to go to California. The painting by Childe Hassam represents that “better” life that the Joad’s dream about. The painting is beautiful and is filled with flowers and sunlight, both of which represent peacefulness and happiness.
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